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Murphy, North Carolina Neighborhood Profile

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Over one thousand, five hundred and sixty-eight people live in Murphy, North Carolina, 730 males, eight hundred and thirty-eight females. The median age for Murphy, North Carolina is forty-two point eight years old. The number of households is 725. The number of affordable housing units in Murphy, North Carolina is ninety-four compared to 10,424,540 nationwide. The number of Murphy, North Carolina owner-occupied units is 725 compared to one hundred and five million, four hundred and eighty thousand, one hundred and one in the U.S. The median value of Murphy, North Carolina housing units currently stands at $78,100. In terms of Murphy, North Carolina income characteristics, the median household income for Murphy, North Carolina is twenty-four thousand, nine hundred and fifty-two dollars dollars.

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 Murphy, North Carolina United States
Total population1,568 281,421,906
StateNorth Carolina 
CityMurphy 

Murphy, North Carolina Population

 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
Male73046.56%49.06%
Female83853.44%50.94%
Median age (years)42.8  35.3
18 years and over1,25079.72%74.31%
21 years and over1,19776.34%69.97%
62 years and over42727.23%14.66%
65 years and over38024.23%12.43%

 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
White1,40589.6%75.14%
Black or African American865.48%12.32%
Asian211.34%3.64%
Some other race382.42%5.46%
Two or more races181.15%2.43%

Murphy, North Carolina Housing

 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
Total housing units 790 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 9411.9%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 72591.77%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 40250.89%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 32340.89%30.77%
 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000132 18.21%19.95%
1995 to 1998142 19.59%28.9%
1990 to 199473 10.07%16.07%
1980 to 1989105 14.48%15.58%
1970 to 1979112 15.45%9.86%
1969 or earlier133 18.34%9.65%
 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
Total households725  105,480,101
Family households (families)440 60.69%68.06%
Nonfamily households285 39.31%31.94%
 Murphy, North Carolina United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000335,457,817
$50,000 to $99,99919716,778,971
$100,000 to $149,9994613,110,384
$150,000 to $199,999248,075,904
$200,000 to $299,999126,583,049
$300,000 to $499,99903,584,108
$500,000 to $999,99901,308,116
$1,000,000 or more0313,759
Median (dollars)78,100119,600

Murphy, North Carolina Education

 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 310 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool309.68% 6.47%
Kindergarten268.39% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)11537.1% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)5618.06% 21.38%
College or graduate school8326.77% 22.81%

Murphy, North Carolina Economy

 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
Population 16 years and over1,233  217,168,077
In labor force636 51.58%63.92%
- Civilian labor force636 51.58%63.39%
- - Employed593 48.09%59.73%
- - Unemployed43 3.49%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force6.8  5.8
- Armed Forces0  0.53%
Not in labor force597 48.42%36.08%
Females 16 years and over682 55.31%51.66%
In labor force300 24.33%29.72%
- Civilian labor force300 24.33%29.65%
- - Employed284 23.03%27.92%
Own children under 6 years113 9.16%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force77  12,787,501
With earnings432 35.04%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)36,460  56,604
With Social Security income314 25.47%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)9,995  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income91 7.38%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)4,222  6,320
With public assistance income44 3.57%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,559  3,032
With retirement income132 10.71%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)13,121  17,376
 Murphy, North Carolina %, Murphy, North Carolina United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households679  105,539,122
Less than $10,000149 21.94%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,99977 11.34%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999114 16.79%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,99982 12.08%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999119 17.53%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,99942 6.19%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,99942 6.19%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,99937 5.45%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,99911 1.62%2.2%
$200,000 or more6 0.88%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)24,952  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.